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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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